Canadian youth (19 and younger) are invited to go outside and "get to know" their natural world. Now in its 19th year, the Get to Know Contest encourages all young people to develop a deeper appreciation for nature and biodiversity by getting outdoors and creating art, writing, digital photography, video and music. The goal of the contest is to engage the power of art to help youth feel more connected with nature. It is all about making connections with other environmentally passionate youth, using the creative arts to convey their passion, and having their accomplishments celebrated. We invite youth to Connect…Create …Celebrate! with the Get to Know Contest.

Youth just need to get outdoors and share their outdoor experiences through the contest. So whether their outdoor experience begins with a single tree in a backyard or acres of boreal forest in a national park, the contest offers youth the opportunity to learn about and celebrate their local biodiversity. Winners will receive all kinds of wild prizes, including a chance to have their entry published in the 2017 Get to Know Calendar and tons of other great prizes. The contest is now open and runs until September 15, 2017.

The annual Palaeo Arts Contest is open to all grade levels, has prizes for every winner, including two $500 draw prizes that are awarded to schools, and offers the chance to have students’ winning artwork displayed at the Museum.

Once again, the Outreach Education Council invites you to participate in their 2014 Art Contest, to design the cover graphic, in poster form, for the program for their 2014 Outreach Educators’ Conference. The Conference theme is "Reaching Out…".

Your poster should be 8 1/2 x 9 inches format and in colour. The conference theme and date (Reaching Out - October 2-4, 2014) must be included. The rest is up to your imagination!The Outreach executive will vote on the submissions and choose a winner - all artwork will be proudly displayed at the conference.

The grand prize is an IPAD mini!Please send your completed posters, along with the completed Consent Form to OEC vice-president Roxanne Fudge by March 7, 2014 - Please contact Roxanne Fudge at Roxanne.Fudge@fmpsd.ab.ca for the mailing address.

UPDATE: Contest Deadline extended until January 6, 2014!Winners will be announced on January 13, 2014.

NOTE:Click on each of the above thumbnail images to view each page of the 2013 Art Contest Rules & Details. To download a copy of the Art Contest Details & Submission Form, download the following document:

"Doodle 4 Google" is a national competition inviting students in Grades K-12 in Canada to redesign the logo for the Google.ca homepage - the theme is "If I could invent anything, I would invent..."The winning doodle will be featured on the Google Canada homepage for 24 hours. The winning student will also receive a $10,000 scholarship, a Google Chromebook, and a $10,000 grant to their current school along with a trip to Toronto to view a special exhibition of the top doodles at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2014. More information can be found at: http://www.google.ca/doodle4google/start.html

Long recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. Had his ground-breaking work been published, it would have transformed European knowledge of the subject! His scientific masterpieces are full of lucid insights into the functioning of the human body: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130828-leonardo-da-vinci-the-anatomistThe Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at "The Queen's Gallery" in the Palace of Holyroodhouse is displaying thirty sheets of Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies, which date from the winter of 1510-11 when he carried out some 20 autopsies at the University of Pavia in collaboration with the professor of anatomy, Marcantonio della Torre. The exhibition uses the latest medical technology including CT and MRI scans, computer simulations and 3D film of the body to explore the modern relevance of his anatomical research. This juxtaposition shows how far-sighted Leonardo’s work was, and how close he came to 21st-century medical thinking. Click on the following link to view some of the exhibition's amazing sketches: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/leonardo-da-vinci-the-mechanics-of-man-QGPHH